# शुद्धि
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शुद्धि (śuddhi). Doublet of सुध (sudh).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʃʊd̪.d̪ʱiː/, [ʃʊd̪̚.d̪ʱiː]

### Noun

शुद्धि • (śuddhi) f
* purity
* purification, expiation
* removal (of faults)
* correctness, accuracy (of work)
* requital

#### Derived terms

* शुद्धिकरण (śuddhikraṇ)
* शुद्धिकारक (śuddhikārak)
* शुद्धिकारी (śuddhikārī)
* शुद्धिपत्र (śuddhipatra)
* शुद्धिबोध (śuddhibodh)
* शुद्धिवादी (śuddhivādī)

#### Related terms

* अशुद्धि (aśuddhi)
* परिशुद्धि (pariśuddhi)
* संशुद्धि (sañśuddhi)

### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शुद्धि”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* শুদ্ধি (Assamese script)
* ᬰᬸᬤ᭄ᬥᬶ (Balinese script)
* শুদ্ধি (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰲𑰟𑰿𑰠𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ၐုဒ္ဓိ (Burmese script)
* શુદ્ધિ (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼ੁਦ੍ਧਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦸꦢ꧀ꦣꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂳𑂠𑂹𑂡𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಶುದ್ಧಿ (Kannada script)
* ឝុទ្ធិ (Khmer script)
* ຨຸທ຺ຘິ (Lao script)
* ശുദ്ധി (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᡠᡩᢡᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘳𑘟𑘿𑘠𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠤᢑᢑᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧔𑦿𑧠𑧀𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑐸𑐡𑑂𑐢𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଶୁଦ୍ଧି (Odia script)
* ꢯꢸꢣ꣄ꢤꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑆶𑆢𑇀𑆣𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖲𑖟𑖿𑖠𑖰 (Siddham script)
* ශුද‍්ධි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿𑩒𑩭 𑪙𑩮𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚰𑚛𑚶𑚜𑚮 (Takri script)
* ஶுத்³தி⁴ (Tamil script)
* శుద్ధి (Telugu script)
* ศุทฺธิ (Thai script)
* ཤུ་དྡྷི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑒳𑒠𑓂𑒡𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑨃𑨛𑩇𑨜𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

शुध् (śudh) +‎ -ति (-ti).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕud.dʱi/, [ɕud̚.dʱi]
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɕud̪.d̪ʱi/, [ˈɕud̪̚.d̪ʱi]

### Noun

शुद्धि • (śuddhi) stem, f (root शुध्)
* (Hinduism) Shuddhi
* (literal, figurative) cleansing, purification, purity, holiness, freedom from defilement, purificatory rite
* setting free or securing (from any danger), rendering secure
** Kām
** 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā
* justification, exculpation, innocence (established by ordeal or trial), acquittal
* quittance, clearing off or paying off, discharge (of a debt, etc)
** MW
* retaliation
* verification, correction, making true, correctness, accuracy, genuineness, truth
** Yājñ
* clearness, certainty, accurate knowledge regarding (with genitive case or in compounds)
    शुद्धिंकृśuddhiṃ-kṛto ascertain for certain
* (arithmetic) leaving no remainder
    शुद्धिमिśuddhim-ito leave no remainder
* subtraction of a quantity or a quantity to be subtracted
* name of Durga
* of one of the Śaktis of Viṣṇu
* of Dākṣāyaṇī as worshipped at Kapāla-mocana

#### Derived terms

* अशुद्धि (aśuddhi)
* परिशुद्धि (pariśuddhi)
* विशुद्धि (viśuddhi)
* शुद्धिकर (śuddhikara)
* शुद्धिकृत (śuddhikṛta)
* शुद्धितम (śuddhitama)
* संशुद्धि (saṃśuddhi)

#### Descendants

* Pali: suddhi f (“purification”)
* Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀺 f (suddhi, “purification, information”)
** Northwestern:
*** Sindhi: سدھ (sudhi)
*** Punjabi: سدھ / ਸੁੱਧ (suddha)
** Northern:
*** Nepali: सुधि (sudhi), सुद्धि (suddhi)
** Eastern:
*** Bengali: সুধ (śudh), সুধি (śudhi)
*** Assamese: সুধি (xudhi)
** Central:
*** Hindustani:
    Hindi: सुध (sudh), सुधी (sudhī)
    Urdu: سدھ, سدھی
*** Gujarati: સૂધ (sūdh)
*** Marathi: सुधी (sudhī)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “शुद्धि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.